On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 10:43:23 -0600, Von Fugal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Bryan Murdock [Mon, 30 Aug 2004 at 13:56 -0700] > <quote> > > > oh, i also run debian. ;-) > > > > Ahh, now the cat's out of the bag!! Say no more, say no more :-) > > > > Actually, in all seriousness, that tidbit seems to throw a very > > strange light on your comments, seeing as how all Debian GNU/Linux > > users are dedicated FSF fanatics and card carrying members of the > > Church of Emacs, right? > > > > OK, maybe that wasn't in all seriousness... > > > > Bryan > </quote> > > What's this correlation of emacs and Debian? The Debian users I know > (myself included) use VIm.
Well, the "church of emacs" is a silly thing that Richard Stallman came up with as a joke, for supporters of GNU (emacs being one of the original pieces of GNU software). The connection sort of goes like this: GNU zealots prefer Debian, GNU Zealots prefer Emacs, therefore many Debian users are GNU Emacs zealots. There's probably something fallacious about that logic, but I've already forgotten everything from whatever philosophy class that was :-) The correlation also comes from one of the most adamant Debian GNU/Linux advocates on the list, Michael Halcrow, who also has been known to support Emacs. Bryan ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
